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Today I Learned: collection of notes, tips and tricks and stuff I learn from day to day working with computers and technology as an open source contributor and product manager

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Use Verbs

Use the verbs specified for the HTTP protocol to get the most our of you HTTP based API.

  • POST for creation
  • GET for reading
  • PUT for updating or replacing
  • PATCH for updating or modifying
  • DELETE for deletion

If you, like me cannot remember, which of the verbs does what, like POST and PUT you can use these simple rules of thumb, the first one I got from a colleague:

The U in PUT is for update

And now for one I had to make for myself:

Post is always delivered at the gate, so when thinking about POST, remember gate rhymes with create

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